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白いスーツを着たバレー教師の合図の一言を聞くと、たちまち練習場が生き生きとしてきます。

Sentence Analyzer

白い スーツ 着た ばれー 教師 合図 一言 聞く たちまち 練習場 生き生き してきます

English Translation

At a word from the ballet master in the white suit, the room will come alive.

Furigana

(しろ)いスーツを()たバレー教師(きょうし)合図(あいず)一言(ひとこと)()くと、たちまち練習場(れんしゅうじょう)(いい)()きとしてきます。

Romanji

Shiroi su-tsu o kita bare- kyōshi no aizu no hitokoto o kiku to, tachimachi renshūjō ga ikiiki to shitekimasu.

Words

白い (しろい)
white
スーツ (スーツ)
suit
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
着る (きる)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
バレー (バレー)
volleyball; valley; ballet; barré (chord in guitar technique)
教師 (きょうし)
teacher (classroom)
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
合図 (あいず)
sign; signal
一言 (ひとこと、いちげん、いちごん)
single word; a few words; brief comment
聞く (きく)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
忽ち (たちまち)
at once; in a moment; suddenly; all at once; quickly; promptly; immediately
練習場 (れんしゅうじょう)
practice ground
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
生き生き (いきいき)
vividly; lively
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: ハク、 ビャク、 しろ、 しら-、 しろ.い
Meaning: white
Readings: チャク、 ジャク、 き.る、 -ぎ、 き.せる、 -き.せ、 つ.く、 つ.ける
Meanings: don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing
Readings: キョウ、 おし.える、 おそ.わる
Meanings: teach, faith, doctrine
Readings: シ、 いくさ
Meanings: expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war
Readings: ゴウ、 ガッ、 カッ、 あ.う、 -あ.う、 あ.い、 あい-、 -あ.い、 -あい、 あ.わす、 あ.わせる、 -あ.わせる
Meanings: fit, suit, join, 0.1
Readings: ズ、 ト、 え、 はか.る
Meanings: map, drawing, plan, extraordinary, audacious
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: ブン、 モン、 き.く、 き.こえる
Meanings: hear, ask, listen
Readings: レン、 ね.る、 ね.り
Meanings: practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
Readings: シュウ、 ジュ、 なら.う、 なら.い
Meaning: learn
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth